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> # How simple is it to have the Cygwin dev kit installed alongside the
> standard PC cygwin install?
> The "one or the other" limitation could be a problem for me :(
>

I'm using a standard (full) cygwin installation and as well compile rockbox
with it. It's not "one or the other", you just have to copy some stuff (like
the SH compiler) from the package to your cygwin installation dirs. Easy to
do by comparing directories.